A few weeks later …

Kali sat in the locker room listening to her mp3 player. The last couple of weeks have been a major mental stress on her. With the progressing storyline and the constant fighting between Randy and John, Kali was almost ready to quit her job and go back home.

As some angry chick music blasted in her ears, Torrie walked into the locker room. She stood there looking at Kali and silently wished that the poor girl could get out of this situation. Walking over to her, Torrie sat down and took one of Kali's ear pieces out of her ear. She stuck it in hers for only a moment then cringed.

"Why are you listening to that? It's horrible." Torrie asked.

Kali took the other ear piece out. "It matches my mood." She placed the mp3 player back in her bag.

"Come on Kali, you have been a ghost for the last couple of weeks. Please snap out of it." Torrie pleaded. "Come out with us tonight. There is a great diner we always go to when we are in the city."

"I don't really feel up to it." Kali stood and stretched.

"You are in the mood for anything anymore." Torrie stood and walked out of the locker room.

Kali sighed. She knew that Torrie was only trying to help her, but the truth was she didn't want to go any place where she could run into one of the boys. She was starting to think that neither one of them really wanted her anymore. It was more like a contest to see who could come out on top. The storyline itself was getting way out of hand. If she had to pretend to be caught with one of them one more time she was going to explode. Maybe a night on the town would help her.

Kali walked out of the locker room intending to search for Torrie. Turning the corner she caught a glimpse of John running in place. She stopped for a moment and just looked at him. John was a gorgeous man and up until this whole thing started a wonderful boyfriend. She was sure that she had started to fall in love with him, but there was something that just kept her from going all the way. Maybe it was that Randy told her that John had cheated on her. Deep down there was a part of her that thought it could be true.

Kali felt a couple hands take a hold of her waist. Turning she saw Randy standing there. "He's quite the workout freak isn't he?" he said nodding his head toward John.

"Randy please let me go." Kali said.

Randy paused for a moment then let her go. "Kali, can I talk to you for a moment? Please."

Kali nodded and they walked away down the hall. "What is it you wanted to say?"

"I know that this story we have to do is taking a toll on you. This isn't how I wanted things to turn out." He stopped and looked at her. Taking a piece of her hair out of her face and putting it behind her ear. "Kali, I am in love with you. Why can't you see that?"

Kali closed her eyes. "Randy it's not that easy. We have never had a healthy relationship. Before I can here, you were never going to come find me. Why after so many years have you realized that you love me?"

"Kali, I have loved you from the moment that I kissed you on prom night. Sure there are millions of things that I should have done different, but Kali one thing has stayed the same. We still have a spark." He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss. "Come out with me tonight."

"I can't. I'm going out with Torrie and the girls tonight." Kali said.

Randy smiled. "Kali, please come out with me. I want to show you that I'm a different man than the one that broke your heart so long ago." He paused for a moment. "And I won't even expect you to come back to the hotel with me."

Kali laughed. "Alright I guess. But this doesn't mean that I am going to choose you."

"Of course." Randy winked. "We'll leave after the show tonight. I'll pick you up at the locker room." He gave her a soft kiss and then walked away.

Later that night...

"You were amazing tonight." Randy said as they drove to a little bar he knew about.

"Me? All I did was slap John. You were the amazing one." Kali laughed. "So where are we going?"

"Just a place I know about. It's not very big, so we'll have lots of privacy." Randy pulled into a parking lot. Kali laughed. "What's so funny?"

"This is the place that Torrie wanted to take me tonight."

Wonderful, Randy thought. He wanted to spend the night alone with her and all of her friends were going to be here. "Well remember that we are on a date and I have you all to myself tonight." He smirked.

Kali smiled and got out of the car. She waited for Randy and they walked into the bar. Looking around she could see a group of blonde haired girls sitting in the back of the place. Kali knew that it was Torrie and her friends. Feeling Randy pull on her arm they walked to a corner in the front of the bar. Once seated they were handed menus and asked what they wanted to drink.

"I'll have a beer, and she'll have a strawberry daiquiri." The waitress nodded and walked away.

"Do you have to order for me?" Kali smiled. Looking down at her menu she stated. "Well there isn't much to pick from is there?"

"I already know what I want. The million dollar burger, it's the best burger I've ever had."

Kali looked down at her menu. "Is there anything not in it?" She passed. "I think I'll get the chicken tenders."

The waitress came back with their drinks. They ordered and sat talking about nothing while waiting for their food. When their food arrived Randy took this time to say what he wanted to say for the last couple of months.

"Do you know why I never came looking for you when I got back from the military?" When Kali shook her head he went on. "I planed on it. I really did, but when I got home my mother had told me what my leaving did to you. Although she said that I needed to see you and get everything worked out. If a small part of what my mom said was true I couldn't see you."

"I don't understand." Kali said.

Randy moved his chair closer to hers. "Kali, thinking about you was the only way that I was able to get through my jail sentence. I always thought that you would understand why I had to go." He leaned in close to her ear. "I loved you so much; I had to let you be. I didn't want to cause you anymore pain."

Kali caught her breath. "Why are you telling me this now?"

"Because you asked my why I never searched for you when I came back." He kissed her softly. "Come dance with me." He stood and pulled her to her feet.

"Randy have you gone deaf, there's no music playing. Or even a dance floor." Kali protested.

He smiled and pulled her close to him. As he started to move Kali fell into step with him. "Who needs music when we can make our own?" He gave her a kiss, but a little more passionately.

Kali sighed. "You have to stop doing that. My head gets all cloudy when you kiss me." She gave him a kiss this time.

After a few moments of dancing, they sat back down at their table. Kali moved her chair so that she was sitting next to Randy as close as she could get. She leaned her head on his shoulder and took his hand in hers. They started talking about old times and what could change if they started dating again. Two hours later they were back at the hotel. Randy leaned against Kali's door framing kissing her.

"Well goodnight then. I had a wonderful time." He said.

Kali put her hand on his arm. "Would you like to come in?" She said softly.

Randy stood there for a moment and then walked inside the door.

Wow it's been a long time since I have written a chapter. I finally saw my first RAW in two years and come up with this. I hope you all like it. Please review as always. Thanks for reading :)